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‘Blocked In’ VR Diorama Gets Visual Overhaul and Oculus Runtime v0.7 Update

One of the most original, visually arresting and sombre VR experiences, Blocked In, has just received an update bringing with it a host updates from reworked geometry to Oculus runtime 0.7 support. This test version of the much loved Blocked...

Taking the Long-view: The VR Future Starts in 2016

In the second of a new regular series of reports, Noah Nelson looks at virtual reality's rocky road ahead as the VR industry grapples with the unenviable task of convincing a cynical world, beyond the enthusiasts, that virtual reality is here, it's...
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‘Summer Lesson’ for PlayStation VR Made Me Feel Like a Creep, and That’s a Good Thing

Summer Lesson is a "VR Character Communication Demo" for Sony's PlayStation VR headset by some of the same folks behind the famous Tekken franchise. The experience puts you in intimate proximity with young virtual women. After trying the experience for...

‘The Vanishing of Ethan Carter’ VR Support Removed in Patch, Developer Teases Future VR DLC

Well, this has been a small roller-coaster. First the new UE4 Redux of acclaimed mystery adventure The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, did have VR support out of the box, then the developer admitted this was a mistake and now...

Vote in NVIDIA’s ‘Tilt Brush’ Contest For Your Chance to Win a GTX 980 Ti

Six game industry artists converged on NVIDIA's booth at PAX Prime 2015 recently to take part in an art contest using Google's VR painting program, Tilt Brush. You could win a NVIDIA's flagship VR-ready GPU, the GTX 980 Ti, just by voting for...

AltspaceVR Now Supports HTC Vive, Making for 3 VR Headsets in Cross Platform Space

AltspaceVR today announced that the social VR platform will be receiving official support for HTC Vive, the first consumer VR headset to integrate large-scale positional tracking. After yesterday's announcement that the VR social space would soon be getting mobile support via...

Playstation VR Initial Japanese Games Line Up Revealed, Includes Final Fantasy XIV

At Sony's Tokyo Games Show conference this morning, the company revealed its vision for consumer VR powered by a console - it's now known as Playstation VR. But there were also some glimpses at what we can expect, in...
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Playstation VR First Official Promo Video Shows How Sony May Market VR

Sony's Tokyo Games Show press conference is over, and the big news is that Project Morpheus as we knew it will now be known as Playstation VR. Subsequent to that announcement, Sony have released a promo video which gives...
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6 Game Industry Artists Let Loose in HTC Vive ‘Tilt Brush’ Competition

NVIDIA's booth at PAX Prime 2015 recently saw a special competition that put six game industry artists to task, where they created wild and wonderful sculptures—not with complicated CAD software though, but rather with the help of Tilt Brush, a VR creation tool coming...
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First Look: Vive Chief Content Officer Phil Chen on VR’s Role in the Evolution of Storytelling

Virtual reality pushes the capabilities of computers like no other current technology; putting a 3D world in front of you and making it interactive requires a lot of power. But the payoff? A new medium that directly engages with...
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This HTC Vive PAX Reactions Video is Pure, Honest Hype

The HTC team are in marketing overdrive mode right now, with an estimated arrival date for their (and Valve's) first VR headset slated for the end of the year (albeit in limited numbers), the team's whistle stop 'world' tour...

‘Everspace’ Blasts Through Kickstarter Goal, Raises Almost Half a Million Dollars

The extremely promising looking space combat shooter Everspace, focused on accessibility and adrenaline rather than space trading, has completed its Kickstarter campaign, raising a whopping 420,252 EUR ($477,139) of it's original 225,000 EUR target. Everspace is a space shooter which...
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Watch a Disney Animation Legend Learn to Draw in VR

In a short film exploring the evolution of storytelling, veteran Disney animator Glen Keane, creator of some of the most iconic characters of all time, steps into virtual reality to learn how to draw in virtual reality, with Tilt Brush and...
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‘The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux’ is Out, Bringing VR Support

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a critically acclaimed, story driven mystery from developer 'The Astronauts'. It's a game which always seemed ideal for virtual reality and now, with the release of the game's Unreal Engine 4 'redux', VR support is...

Canon Reveal 2.5k Per Eye, 120 Degree FOV ‘VR Viewer’

Here's a name you may not expect to be entering the immersive wearable market, Canon. They just demonstrated a virtual reality viewer (this is not a traditional headset) at Canon Expo in New York, and it packs some interesting...
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